Team podcasts disappear from iTunes after MLB complains about trademarks

A number of baseball podcasts disappeared from iTunes after complaints from Major League Baseball about trademark infringement, Craig Calcaterra reports for NBC Sports. MLB says it notified Apple about "infringing uses of trademarks of Major League Baseball and certain Clubs" and "asked Apple to have these trademarks removed from the podcast titles and thumbnails."

An MLB spokesperson told Calcaterra it didn't ask for the podcasts to get 86'd: "Given our many years of experience in notifying Apple about trademark issues on the Store, we trust that removing the podcasts was an oversight, and ask that you please look into this matter as soon as possible."

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Andrew Beaujon reported on the media for Poynter from 2012 to 2015. He was previously arts editor at TBD.com and managing editor of Washington City Paper. He's the author of the 2006 book "Body Piercing Saved My Life," about Christian rock and evangelical Christian culture.